The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-31
the placard This game never sloses, :"

bbA phNOi ~ his TtKub, huu tuO 10Y
out before him. 1t matters not what
the hour or the weather or the out.
side attraction, that one game goes
on without stopping. The players
may drop out one after another until
the table is deserted by all save the
dealer ard the lookout, who sits in
high chair behind keeping an eye on
the table. But the mechanical
shutting and dealing will go on just
the same as If there we're 800 on
the ace.
1t has been said that everything
is played in the Texas. This is mis-
take. The frequenter OF the West.
ern mining camp will miss the game
OF tan" with its heap OF white but
tons which the counter is forever
separating into tours with little
bamboo stick. There is no tan"
game in Leadville, and the reason is
that there are no Cinnamon to play
it. This is the one mining camp in
which John" has not made himself
numerous and useful. Leadville was
founded about the time the anti
Mongolian feeling was very high in
the far West. The founders, in
agreeing to certain principles which
should govern in the new camp, de-
cided that no Chinaman need apply.
This has been religiously lived up to
ever since. No Chibamen have ever
made homes in Leadville. Many Of
them have come here. They have
been met upon their arrival and
kindly but firmly iatormed that they
were not wanted, and have taken the
next train away.
john the self constituted com
mitteeman will say to Chinaman as
the latter gets of the cars at Lead
vile, aud then the head is thrown
.back aud the right hand is drawn
across the throat. "Sabe" says the
committeeman. John rolls his eyes,
ducks his head and Immediately buys
ticket Of leave. At Kingston, at
Silver City, at hundred other MN
ing camps, the Celestials have made
themselves entirely at home. but
Lcadville still taboos them. Senti.
ment here is somewhat pronounced
against all foreign elements. The
native American feeling is strong.
Probably the largest and most infu-
entail organization in the city is the
order Of the Patriotic Sons Of Amer
lea, TO which only born Americans
are eligible. The members are proud
of the order, aud when the lodges
turn out with their bright regalia
they make an imposing appearance,
The politician who would attempt to
conceal his connection with the Pa
triotic Sons for fear Of alternating the
adopted citizen vote would find him.
self dead cock in the Leadvllle pit
Gambling in Leadville takes on
, almost innumerable forms. After
faro and keno, Boston" is . "a
vorite. In this the whole deck Of
cards is dealt in four hands. Tner,
is trump card, aud tricks are taker
, by suit. The rules are much lik,
, euchre. but a player finds bimsel
with dozen cards instead Of five I,
keep track Of. The taker Of the mos
tricks captures the pot. Poker i
played with the representative OF tn,
5 house dealing the hands and actin
5 as referee Of the game. .
I'VE pay our dealers from 81 TO '
a day." said Mr.. Featherly, goiu.
into the details Of the business, AN
they work about eight hours. The
! are served from the bar free Q
j charge, and, Of course, they drin
$ and smoke only the best. Tha
: brings the cost to the house Of eac
b employe up to about $40 a day, s
7, you see how the expense accoun
s swells. The most money change
e hands at faro. That is the favorlt
e American game. We all " men
n play practically without limit. Dc
IS casionally as much as $1,000 is pu
$ up on the turn OF card, but that
r not often"
= "The largest winning at a sipgl
G sitting that | remember, said Nj
IS Featherly, after taking a few me
% ments to consider the question, IVA
= $4,000. | recollect a big game "
n had one Saturday night in the froI
2 room. We had been playing all ii
x evening, aud about III o'clock ther
10 was some talk Of stopping. III
e house was out $500 on the gam
" Oae or two OF the players started
x 20, but came back aud said it WI
I. showing so that a man couldn't 8,
10 ten feet ahead Of him. SO the gau
% was kept up all night until s o'cloc
is Sunday morning, and when v
Is stopped the house was $4,000 ahea'
n besides recovering the 1850 benin
Is at II O'Clock the night before.
Is These big games ere sometim,
n affected By thipgs which people wi
Of do not gamble would consider tri
Dr. ial, continued Mr.. Featherly. ~
e had a game going one night in u
,. back room aud the principal playe
10 we're two Eastern men who hI
p come here to buy q mine. They b
is drafts in their pockets foi slOO,0
SO One was a man worth $4,000 900
10 5000, 900. The betting was heay
IT, About IL o'clock some Of the roor
"a we're closed. The players we're IL
10 the game about $500. For sor
is reason we moved from tho. ba
room into the front room and We
OF on. The players made few be
es fdgeted about and then quit. i
no moving from one room 10 anoth
I'D had broken the charm. II we b
he kept on in that back room the gar
10 would have run all niRht, probab
u and $4,000 might have chang
ID, hands. talked TO the players abo
y. II afterward, and they said that
nd was the change Of rooms that ma
or them stop. This may sound odd
he those who don't know ,anythi
Is, about the little influences which
'w feet playing, but all gamblers "
ng understand It,"
he Decorum prevails in these gaml
,m Ing houses. Some adventuroso1
is ladies from the East were here Wis
ss- ing not long ago and took 4 into th
We heads that they would like TO
by "the tiger" They communica,
ir- their wishes 10 Mai. Bonn. The ]
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